After seasons of pain, Schultz again finds joy on the basketball court

6:47 PM,
Mar. 30, 2014

UW-Stevens Point senior Josi Schultz hugs Alex Borror before competing in a halftime exhibition game March 22 at the NCAA Division III FInal Four semifinal between Tufts University and Farleigh Dickinson University-Florham at Quandt Fieldhouse at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Written by

B.C. Kowalski
Stevens Point Journal Media

Josi Schultz made the playoffs all three years that she competed - sometimes through excruciating pain - as a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point basketball player, but she never made it to the finals.

That changed last week when she finally set foot again on the court at UWSP's Quandt Fieldhouse, this time not as a player but as a very special coach.

It was such a special moment that she wrapped each of her players in hugs as the crowd gathered for the NCAA Women's Championship games cheered from the stands. ...